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I would push back on this bit about teenagers: > so they don't count as they aren't living on their own. I think it's a significant assumption to make that par

I would push back on this bit about teenagers: > so they don't count as they aren't living on their own. I think it's a significant assumption to make that parents would be able/willing to cover a random $400 expense. The study did not specify a specific type of emergency expenditure, just that it was unexpected. I can fully imagine a scenario where parents would cover hospital visits for a bad case of the flu, but not cover an abortion, or repairs to a car from an accident where the child was at fault. The latter two examples still seem like fair 'unexpected expenses' for the child dependent making < $15/hour

ryanwaggoner 8y ago
I think this was a survey about households though, so not clear if teenagers living at home would count.
prewett 8y ago
This is kind of tangential, but I find it a sad commentary on our society when an abortion is considered a "fair unexpected expense" of a teenager. Abortion is 100% avoidable [1]. And regardless of your view on women's rights, etc. the fact is that a living human is killed in an abortion. "Don't have sex until you are okay with the possibility of getting pregnant" apparently isn't very popular, but the situation is entirely preventable. (I'm not trying to push an agenda here, just reacting.) [1] Unless rape is involved, but that isn't the normal case. (Abortions because rape are 1%, according to http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.ht.... Disclaimer: I scanned the link for figures, I didn't try to figure out if it is pro- or anti- abortion.)
- zaksoup 8y ago
  You’re right, this is tangential, and frustratingly derailing from the point I was making. > the fact is that a living human is killed in an abortion. This is absolutely the talking point of somebody pushing an agenda and represnting it here as a simple “fact” is specious at best.

ryanwaggoner 8y ago

I think this was a survey about households though, so not clear if teenagers living at home would count.

prewett 8y ago

This is kind of tangential, but I find it a sad commentary on our society when an abortion is considered a "fair unexpected expense" of a teenager. Abortion is 100% avoidable [1]. And regardless of your view on women's rights, etc. the fact is that a living human is killed in an abortion. "Don't have sex until you are okay with the possibility of getting pregnant" apparently isn't very popular, but the situation is entirely preventable. (I'm not trying to push an agenda here, just reacting.) [1] Unless rape is involved, but that isn't the normal case. (Abortions because rape are 1%, according to http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.ht.... Disclaimer: I scanned the link for figures, I didn't try to figure out if it is pro- or anti- abortion.)

zaksoup 8y ago
You’re right, this is tangential, and frustratingly derailing from the point I was making. > the fact is that a living human is killed in an abortion. This is absolutely the talking point of somebody pushing an agenda and represnting it here as a simple “fact” is specious at best.